Title(s)

The people of India : a series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan Volume four (title on object)

Object type

• book

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-1122D

Artist

• Philip Meadows Taylor (mentioned on object)
• publisher: W.H. Allen and Co. (mentioned on object)
• J. Forbes Watson (mentioned on object)
• John William Kaye (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

1869

Material

• linen (material)
• cardboard
• paper
• photographic support

Technique

albumen print

Measurements

height 343 mm × width 250 mm × thickness 35 mm

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Parts

• Portrait of a couple in front of a house in Kumaon, Uttarakhand, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-1)
• Portrait of Jhukkurk Sing, a man with a walking stick from Kumaon, Uttarakhand, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-2)
• Portrait of an unknown man from the Munsyari region of Kumaon, Uttarakhand, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-3)
• Portrait of Joona Mull, a man from Hisar, Haryana, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-4)
• Portrait of Sumneus Khan, a warrior with a javelin from Hisar, Haryana, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-5)
• Portrait of Bustee, a man sitting in cross-legged position from Hisar, Haryana, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-6)
• Portrait of Hoosein, a man from Hisar, Haryana, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-7)
• Portrait of Gholam Mahomed, a man from Hisar, Haryana, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-8)
• Five people in a courtyard with cows from the Ahir community in Delhi, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-9)
• Four men dyeing textiles outside in Delhi, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-10)
• A shopkeeper from the Bania community with a man in front of his wares in Delhi, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-11)
• Money changer from the Shroff community with a man for trade in Delhi, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-12)
• Goldsmith from the Sonar community working in Delhi, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-13)
• Gold lace weavers working in Delhi, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-14)
• Portrait of an unknown person making a scarf in Delhi, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-15)
• Four water-carriers fromt the Bhishti community in a courtyard in Delhi, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-16)
• Four people from the Baori community trying to catch birds or hares with a net in Delhi, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-17)
• Family of weavers working in Delhi, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-18)
• Four men from the Jat community with a waterpipe in Delhi, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-19)
• Two men and a woman from the Gujjar community at a door opening in Delhi, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-20)
• Jugglers and acrobats on a street in Delhi, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-21)
• Three people from the Sansias tribe in Delhi, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-22)
• Portrait of two mendicants from the Udasi community of Sikhism in Delhi, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-23)
• Portrait of six members of the Mughal empire of Delhi, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-24)
• Three Islamic lawyers (maulvis) sitting between books in Delhi, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-25)
• Four men with weapons and a shield from the Rajput community in Delhi, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-26)
• Four brahmins (Hindu priests) sitting on the ground in Delhi, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-27)
• Portrait of four merchants in Delhi, India, originally from Marwar, Rajasthan (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-28)
• Four men from the Meo community around a wall in Delhi, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-29)
• Portrait of three mendicants in ceremonial clothes from the Bairagi community in Delhi, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-30)
• Portrait of two wanderers from the Meena tribe in Delhi, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-31)
• Portrait of two snake charmers in Delhi, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-32)
• Group of famine stricken people in Delhi, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-33)
• Portrait of three men from the Kanet community of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-34)
• Portrait of Rae Doona Chund, a banker from Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-35)
• Portrait of Pundit Jowalla Nath, a brahmin (Hindu priest) from Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-36)
• Portrait of the raja (king) of Jubbal near Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-37)
• Portrait of the rana (king) of Keunthal with four other men (probably two sons) near Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-38)
• Portrait of four people from the Kanet community of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-39)
• Two unknown women in traditional dresses from the Kanet community of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-40)
• Portrait of three men of different origins (Gurkha, Brahmin and Sood) from Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-41)
• Portrait of an unknown merchant from Kashmir in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-42)
• Portrait of two sons of the raja (king) of Nadown near Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-43)
• Portrait of two unknown men from the Rajput community of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-44)
• Portrait of an raja (king) and two unknown men from Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-45)
• Portrait of an unknown man from the Sodhi community of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-46)
• Portrait of the raja (king) of Mandi with two ministers and a water pipe, Mandi, Himachal Pradeshm India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-47)
• Portrait of two unknown men from the Sheikh community of Himachal Pradesh, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-48)
• Portrait of an unknown landowner from Firozpur, Punjab, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-49)
• Portrait of two unknown men from the Kumhar community (potters) of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-50)
• Portrait of an unknown trader from the Khatri community of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-51)
• Portrait of an unknown mendicant with a bow from the Akali community of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-52)
• Portrait of an unknown merchant from the Bhabra community of Jainism in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan (RP-F-2001-7-1122D-53)